Wreck of Cataraqui
Australia
- Position
- 40.0271° S, 143.8804° E
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Cataraqui (also called Cataraque) was a British barque which sank off the south-west coast of King Island in Bass Strait on 4 August 1845. The sinking was Australia's worst–ever maritime civil disaster incident, claiming the lives of 400 people.
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About this wreck
Cataraqui is a recorded shipwreck site at 40.0271° S, 143.8804° E. Seadar tracks wreck locations alongside live vessel traffic — free, with sources from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.